© Sputnik/ Mikhail Voskresenskiy Russian MoD Announces Civil War in Syria Almost Stopped to WSJ, there were at least two "secret" meetings in Jordan between US and Russian officials during which the de-escalation zones were discussed. "The talks signal a gambit by the White House to attempt some kind of cooperation with Moscow," the WSJ wrote. The news comes after on June 8, the US-led coalition bombed pro-Damascus forces near al-Tanf in the area of a deconfliction zone following an alleged attack by a combat drone resulting in no coalition forces' casualties. In an comment for Sputnik, Orientalist scholar Elena Suponina said that by bombing the pro-Assad forces in Syria, Washington "shows that it doesn't want to help Russia in the creation of safe zones." The creation of de-escalation zones was proposed by Russian President Vladimir Putin during talks with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Sochi.

Source: Wall Street Journal June 10, 2017 13:41 UTC